Fidesz Pledges Vote on Child Protection
The Hungarian people “will decide on the issue of child protection in a referendum, not Brussels,” Máté Kocsis, the head of the Fidesz parliamentary group, has said.
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Hungarian Evolutionary Biologist Szathmáry Elected Member of Unesco IBSP Board
Eörs Szathmáry, a Hungarian evolutionary biologist, has been elected to the board of UNESCO’s International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP), Budapest ELTE University’s ELKH Centre for Ecological Research said.
Hungary Records 12 Covid Deaths, 371 New Infections
Twelve patients died over the past 24 hours of a Covid-related illness, while 371 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said.
Big Rise in Number of Border Arrests of Illegal Migrants
This year has seen a big rise in the number of border violators caught by the authorities, with an increasing number of Afghan citizens among them and intensifying activity on the part of human smugglers, György Bakondi, the prime minister’s domestic security chief, told a press conference at the Röszke border station, in southern Hungary, […]
Fidesz: Rebooting Economy, Migration Topics at Group Meeting
Topics to be discussed at a meeting on Wednesday of the Fidesz and Christian Democrats parliamentary group include attacks by Brussels on Hungary’s child protection law, mounting pressures brought about by migration and the reboot of the country’s economy, Fidesz’s group leader said in an interview to the daily Magyar Nemzet. Máté Kocsis said border […]
Extension of Covid Special Measures Doesn’t Restrict Freedoms
The prolongation of special measures related to Covid requested by the government has no bearing on people’s fundamental freedoms, the prime minister’s chief of staff said on Wednesday.
School Closures Not Planned
For the time being, the government is not planning school closures because of the pandemic but it may make a decision to this effect in the future, Gergely Gulyás, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, said.
Gulyás: Pope’s Visit ’Rare Honour’
Speaking about the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress Budapest hosted last week, Prime Minister’s Office chief Gergely Gulyás said the government regarded Pope Francis’s participation as recognition for Hungary, adding that neither the current pontiff nor his predecessor had taken part in any other Eucharistic congress. “It is a rare honour…” he said. Closing Mass celebrated […]
Hungary ‘Among Safest Countries in Europe’
Hungary is among Europe’s “safest and freest” counties today in terms of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the prime minister’s chief of staff told a government press briefing.
Hungary Records 4 Covid Deaths, 246 New Infections
Four patients died over the past 24 hours of a Covid-related illness, while 246 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday. So far 5,843,502 people have received a first jab, while 5,549,383 have been fully vaccinated.